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Libra Esoterica

The wonderful visit

by Herbert George Wells

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, French, Italian
  • Content type: FictionJuvenilePrimary source
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"The Wonderful Visit" by H. G. Wells is a novel published in 1895. When an angel from the "Land of Dreams" is mistaken for a bird and shot by a country vicar, he finds himself stranded in Victorian England. As he recovers at the vicarage, this otherworldly visitor grows increasingly dismayed by human civilization's cruelty and hypocrisy. His presence scandalizes the community, and his wings begin to wither. A satirical fantasy that gently mocks Victorian society while exploring deeper questions about innocence confronting a harsh world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession.

  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, openlibrary, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Angels” and “angels”. Retained metadata contains “Angels” in the subject metadata.

    • “Angels”· via Internet Archive
    • “Angels”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Angels”· via Open Library
    • “angels”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Angels”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 87 editions; 4 cataloged here.

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1895

1895New York : E.P. DuttonEnglish—Source listed online copy

The Online Books Page curated catalog record

London and New York: Macmillan, 1895

1895———Source listed online copy

Open Library record

2018Standard EbooksEnglish—Public

Subjects

13 subject headings

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 87 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Scanner: rich2
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR5774 .W57
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: London and New York: Macmillan, 1895
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., c1895
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL52201W
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